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...time for me to regroup. I had to be realistic about my chances since I was just trounced, 9-0, in the first game. To add insult to injury, he had played five of the points over. So he really beat me 14-0. I decided to change my game plan. I decided to go for the big point or any point I could...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: Destroyed by Darius | 4/19/1988 | See Source »

...resolution minus the neutrality clause is"no help to the union at all. That's an insult tothem," said cosponsor Robert H. Greenstein '89,who said he would like the bill to return tocommittee. "You might as well withdraw it--it'smeaningless...

Author: By Joseph R. Palmore, | Title: UC Board Strikes Key Part of Union Measure | 4/9/1988 | See Source »

Some see me as cuddly like a dog; others with more sense recognize I am bringing insult comedy back to TV for a world that loves nicknames and ^ invective. Fusco goes Freudian and burbles like this: "I think we all need magic and fantasy in our lives. ALF brings out the little girl or boy in people. He touches something inside you that you can go back to and remember." Sure -- blind fear of the dark! Haaah! I still kill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Stranger in A Strange Land | 3/21/1988 | See Source »

...absence of anyone qualified to articulate a pro-divestment position is an insult to the intelligence of the Board of Overseers and a shameful reflection upon a University that prides itself upon the free exchange of ideas...

Author: By Michael J. Bonin, | Title: Selling the Overseers Short | 3/17/1988 | See Source »

...attempt to try and bring to people's attention that we care and that we're trying to protect their profits," Krasinski said. "We're not trying to insult anyone by saying that anyone is a potential shoplifter--though, sadbut true, it does occur...

Author: By Emily M. Bernstein, | Title: Coop Ties Bags to Stop Shoplifting | 2/4/1988 | See Source »

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